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I actually started liking Sybil (this spelling only) after I read Flora Rheta Schreiber's account of Shirley Ardell Mason. The case has intrigued me all my life, and honestly, I boggle when people say they've never heard of her. I always thought Sybil and her many personalities was one of those basic pieces of cultural knowledge that everyone had. Maybe that's changed--or maybe I'm just a special case for somehow having picked it up as a child (I've never seen the film and hadn't read the book until the ninth grade).

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Cybill reminds me of Shepherd--it's a bit too singular for my tastes. While I like her perfectly well (I used to watch Cybill when I was a kid--it introduced me to Christine Baranski :D), it's a name that really belongs to her. It came about as a combination of her father and grandfather's names. Sibyl just looks wrong to me, even if it's the original, and I'd pronunce Sybille differently.

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I like Sybella and Sybilla all right, too, but I prefer just plain Sybil.

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